God Loves Her More Than I Do

My Blog Friend Carissa wrote a post last week, that I wanted to share an excerpt from.  She is having some challenges with her precious little daughter . . .

"which left me wondering, how on earth i am supposed to handle my beautiful child?  i wanted a specialist, an intervention, a something. 

finally i did what i should always do all along. i gave it to the Lord. which happens to be the best thing and the most necessary thing. i prayed. and continue to. because sometimes most of the time the parenting book wisdom runs dry. but the Maker of heaven and earth and my child never runs dry. His work of redemption is constantly bringing order to the chaos. this looks like different things for different kids. but mostly, just knowing He is working on my child way more than i ever could/can is a comfort. hello! He even loves her more than i do.
miraculously, things are changing slowly. we still have bad days, but there are more good days in-between. maybe one day our prayers will lead us to a specialist, or whatnot, but for now, we pray and we love her the best we know how. 

i am discovering that all of this parenting stuff is a letting go.  a letting go of my own pride, realizing i don't know what to do, knowing i can't save my child or make them be something. we train as much as we can, lead and teach, but ultimately it is God who does the work and the saving. the beautiful thing, is that while He is working on them, He is working on me, too, sometimes even more so. 

even though i don't know what to do, He does. hallelujah, what a sweet relief. mothers everywhere rejoice!!"

Powerful words, aren't they?

I think that Carissa hit the nail on the head in so many areas.

How often do we mothers wonder, "How am I supposed to handle this?"

How often do we try all of our own ideas, before giving it over (once again) to the Lord, and His ideas?

God is working in our children.  He loves them even more than we do.

I cannot save my children.  I cannot make them be something they are not.  

(I cannot heal Rachel.  I cannot take away her trauma memories and pain.)

God is in charge of saving my children.  He will do His work in their lives.

(God is in charge of healing Rachel.  He is working in her life . . . in His timing.)

I must trust Him, and I must allow Him to do His work in my life, as well.


Do you have an area of parenting (or just life) that you need to give back to the Lord?

Do you have a person or relationship in your life that you need to give up to Him?

Are you allowing the Lord to do His work in your life, as well?